Marvel Characters With The Least Screen Time In INFINITY WAR To Be At Forefront In AVENGERS 4

Marvel Characters With The Least Screen Time In INFINITY WAR To Be At Forefront In AVENGERS 4

Fear not, fan favorite characters that are not at the forefront of Avengers: Infinity War will receive the spotlight in Avengers 4! Check below for how the Russos are balancing all the characters.

By HeavyMetal4Life - Mar 16, 2018 11:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Avengers: Infinity War
Source: Fandango

Avengers: Infinity War is a massive ensemble film, encompassing around 40 main characters, various plots and character arcs from the past 10 years of MCU films. It is no surprise that creating two films that serve as the culmination events of the last decade of the MCU is a daunting task. In a recent interview with Fandango, Director Joe Russo had this to say when asked about how he and his brother balanced all of the characters in the next two Avengers films, drawing on their previous experiences with ensembles:

"You know, we've had a lot of experience balancing ensembles. Our first film 'Welcome to Collinwood' was an ensemble, 'Arrested Development' was an ensemble, 'Community' was an ensemble, 'Happy Endings' was an ensemble. We had a lot of experience working with and telling stories with a lot of characters and making sure that each of those characters was serviced either in an A story, a B story or C story in some regard - either driving the plot, or they're driving their own personal story. It's a lot of hard work and it's part of the reason that we decided to make Avengers 3 and 4, was just the pure level of ambition involved in the movies. It's an unprecedented amount of characters I think in a commercial film.


Joe though stressed that he and his brother could not be as successful in handling all of these characters if it was not for them working with their power duo team of writers, Steve McFeely and Christopher Markus. The Marvel director revealed some insight into how he and his brother approach all of the characters once they receive a script for the film:

We've all worked together on all four Marvel movies and they know the Marvel universe as well as anyone. They've, I think, written six or seven films for Marvel. Our job is once we get the story down on paper, we've got a draft and a script that we're happy with, and that has the structure and the plot that we're all happy with, we then start combing through the script from each character's point of view and try to make sure that we understand the story that we're telling with each character. Again, in a movie with 40 characters people are going to have varying degrees of investment in the story. They're either going to be either really high investment or low investment, and high screen time or lower screen time."


However, it is the next part that is sure to excite some people that have, let's say, noticed certain characters that have largely been absent from promotional material. As the Russos know, in a movie that has so many characters, it is hard to give everyone ample screen time. But that does not mean that they are ignoring anyone:
 

"We knew that because we had two films, 'Avengers 3' and '4', that in one movie we could push people to the forefront but then we could pull back in the second film and push other characters to the forefront who had less screen time in the first movie. We did have the opportunity to divide it up that way. So if you feel like one of your favorite characters didn't get enough screen time in Avengers 3, well then wait 'til 'Avengers 4.'"


So what does this last part mean? All you Hawkeye, Antman, Nebula, and even Captain Marvel fans, but especially you Hawkeye fans, fear not that your characters are being shafted in these films. Just because you do not see these characters at the forefront right now does not mean that they do not have an important role to play and, more importantly, will not be featured prominently at all. It sounds like the Russos want to properly give all the characters an equal opportunity to be in the spotlight and, as you can imagine, this means that not everyone will be able to shine in Infinity War. But perhaps that just means they are saving some of the best for last in Avengers 4!? Be sure to share your thoughts in the comments section about what Joe Russo has said regarding characters in the spotlight in both Avengers films!

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Prime8
Prime8 - 3/16/2018, 10:50 PM
I see what you guys did there. But seriously, there's no way you can end a movie with a Thanos snap, is there?
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/16/2018, 10:54 PM
@Prime8 - I personally think they are going to end the film on a very bleak note, either with a snap or with most of the Avengers dead and Thanos essentially towering above everyone. I'm not sure if he will get all of the Infinity Stones by the end of the movie though. Maybe 5, but not 6. I'm not sure. Whatever happens, its going to be epic!
Catmanlives
Catmanlives - 3/17/2018, 1:08 AM
@Prime8 - One thing that struck me is that in the epic scene where Crap is holding off Thanos the background looks like Wakanda and Thanos still only has two stones in the glove. (Very minor spoiler) Given that it has been confirmed on this site that the final third of the movie is the Wakanda battle, does this mean he doesn't get all the stones by the end of part one? Seems odd that he'd get all three at once in the final act battle. Possible though I guess.
Catmanlives
Catmanlives - 3/17/2018, 1:11 AM
@Prime8 - Cap not crap. Lol. Foul-mouthed spell check.
Chameleon
Chameleon - 3/17/2018, 1:56 AM
@Catmanlives - they’re likely editing the gauntlet on purprose with the two stones to stop people being able to guess the exact plot of the film “he has two stones there, then in that scene he also has the time stone so between them must be the fight with Dr strange” etc
Catmanlives
Catmanlives - 3/17/2018, 2:26 AM
@Chameleon - yeah I think that's plausible. Was wondering the same thing.
heisei24
heisei24 - 3/17/2018, 7:20 AM
@Prime8 - They're not going to end it with a cliffhanger.
CuddlyCereal
CuddlyCereal - 3/17/2018, 1:48 PM
@Catmanlives - Wasn't it said that most of the characters come to Wakanda?

If that's the case then he has the potential to sweep up two stones at once if he [frick]s up Vision and Strange.
Bungathewise
Bungathewise - 3/17/2018, 6:27 PM
@CuddlyCereal - Strange is always with Stark, Spiderman, and a few guardians.in the previews so I think he is off in space with them.
minato808
minato808 - 3/16/2018, 11:28 PM
So part 4 will be mostly Captain Marvel?
Kumkani
Kumkani - 3/17/2018, 12:08 AM
Great article @HeavyMetal4Life!
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/17/2018, 5:55 AM
@BlindWedjat - thank you!
ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 3/17/2018, 12:31 AM
When needed...
smgmayhem
smgmayhem - 3/17/2018, 2:25 AM
I hope Hawkeye says it again in part 4 what he said in Civil War. Something like this:

"I retire, again, and the universe goes to shit."

Lol
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 3/17/2018, 12:28 PM
@smgmayhem - that would be nice. Add in a sport he finished really fast because of his sharpshooter skills
PsychoticSpaceRaccoon
PsychoticSpaceRaccoon - 3/17/2018, 4:45 AM
It's hard for me to imagine Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, and Ant-Man and the Wasp headlining an Avengers film, especially after the epicness that will be Infinity War.

But we'll see...
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 3/17/2018, 5:04 AM
@PsychoticSpaceRaccoon - we’ll, there’s two things... the way it’s advertised, and the way it plays while watching it. We know that the Vision and Wanda are set to have an emotional storyline in this film, but they’re barely in the latest trailer. Nebula has barely been glimpsed, yet these films are the culmination of her story.

The big characters will remain the selling points in the advertising, I’m sure, but the smaller characters can still have meaty roles to play.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/17/2018, 5:56 AM
@Chewtoy - exactly, very well put!
1AboveAll
1AboveAll - 3/17/2018, 4:54 AM
Maybe the first teams gonna get beat bad and the real cavalry arrives again in Hawkeye who had been tasked by Fury to gather a second team which includes Captain Marvel who by the end of 4 stops Thanos propelling her to front and centre of the team for phase 4
1AboveAll
1AboveAll - 3/17/2018, 5:04 AM
@1AboveAll - and with phase 4 in mind, if we can assume that this will end Thanos’ story completely over these 2 films (the end of this book) and we know Feige has been well in the planning and slated movies for phase 4 does anyone have any ideas on whether there will be over-arching villain to come after? Who would it be and surely we’d get a hint at a greater threat leading into it as that’s been Marvels way.
IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 3/17/2018, 7:24 AM
Can’t Antman just shrink Thanos down to the size of a GI Joe figure and stick him in a toy box?
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 3/17/2018, 7:40 AM
@IronGenesis - he’d be just as dense and just as strong because of it
IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 3/17/2018, 7:47 AM
@Ha1frican - ahhh
BruceBanner100
BruceBanner100 - 3/17/2018, 8:48 AM
This just means.. CHARACTERS WILL DIE !!

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